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The government will not make a 'cooling-off' period compulsory in beauty centres' sales contracts, though a few centres, looking to distance themselves from aggressive techniques in the industry, say they will still be having such a clause.

In a country that views military service as an important rite of passage for its young men, three of South Korea's best-known actors are facing a bleak professional future after confessing to draft-dodging.

The Lunar New Year holiday provided what many might regard as a welcome break from the passionate and often complex debate on anti-subversion laws, the dominant issue in Hong Kong since the government's proposals were published in September.

Hospital Authority doctors fear their benefits will be cut after their salaries are reduced, with housing allowances and pensions at risk.

The president of the Public Doctors' Association, Dr Leung Ka-lau, said his worries were based on the fact that he had not been shown a draft copy of a consent form staff must sign agreeing to the pay cuts from October 1.